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1 December 2009 Ouranopithecus macedoniensis (Mammalia, Primates, Hominoidea): virtual reconstruction and 3D analysis of a juvenile mandibular dentition (RPl-82 and RPl-83)
Roberto MacChiarelli, Arnaud Mazurier, Bernhard Illerhaus, Clément Zanolli
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Abstract

Dental enamel thickness is commonly listed among the diagnostic features for taxonomic assessment and phylogenetic reconstruction in the study of fossil hominids, and is widely used as an indicator of dietary habits and palaeoenvironmental conditions. However, little quantitative information is currently available on its topographic variation in deciduous crowns of fossil primates. By means of high-resolution microtomography, we investigated the inner structural morphology of the mixed lower dentition of Ouranopithecus macedoniensis, a late Miocene large-bodied ape from Macedonia, Greece. With respect to the extant African apes and Homo, O. macedoniensis shows a significant difference in occlusal enamel thickness between the relatively thin deciduous second molar and the absolutely thick-enamelled permanent first molar.

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Roberto MacChiarelli, Arnaud Mazurier, Bernhard Illerhaus, and Clément Zanolli "Ouranopithecus macedoniensis (Mammalia, Primates, Hominoidea): virtual reconstruction and 3D analysis of a juvenile mandibular dentition (RPl-82 and RPl-83)," Geodiversitas 31(4), 851-863, (1 December 2009). https://doi.org/10.5252/g2009n4a851
Received: 27 September 2008; Accepted: 1 November 2009; Published: 1 December 2009
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3D reconstruction
denture mixte
enamel thickness
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